[glug-t] Fwd: Linux Journal * Aug 2003 *

>    Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:42:06 +0530 (IST)
>    From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Linux Journal * Aug 2003 *
> 
> WHAT'S IN THE issue:
> 
> o 2003 Editors' Choice Awards go to Sputnik AP 120 (server
> appliance), Netfilter/iptables (security tool-hardware or software), 
> Newisys 2100 (server), Dell Precision 650n (workstation), Mozilla 1.4 (web 
> browser or client), Jahshaka (graphics software), Gaim (communication 
> tool), OpenOffice.org (desktop software), Perl 5.8.0 (development tool), 
> PostgreSQL (database), Webmin (management or admin software), Lindows 
> Mobile PC (mobile device), Frozen Bubble (game), Understanding teh Linux 
> Kernel 2nd e by Bovet and Cesati (book), Linux Weekly News (website), SGI 
> Altix 3000 (product of the year).
> 
>      ------------------------------------------------
>      |   o How does Linux measure up for users with 
>      |   disabilities? Read what Janina Sajka, director
>      |   of tech research and dvpt of the American
>      |   Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has to say...
>      ------------------------------------------------
> 
>         o Zope... and content management frameworks (CMFs).
>         Detailed three page article
> 
> o US National Security Agency's Security Enhanced (SE) Linux
> offers fine-grained mandatory access controls in your
> system. This allows you to put even limits on what root
> can do. Three page article.
> 
> o SE Linux gives you an extra layer of security that 
> protects the system even from root. Another article by
> Russell Coker shows how it works by giving everyone
> root access.
> 
>         o Network monitoring tools: netstat, Nnetstat, 
>         Driftnet, pkstat, IPTraf...
> 
> o Authenticate with LDAP: Once your directory server is
> running, how to configure crypto and add some users...
> 
>         o Device classes: Necessary instructions to 
>         make your new device driver play nice in the
>         2.6 kernel.
> 
> o Doc Searls: "...the political remains as important
> as it ever was. Let's remember, if it weren't for the
> political penguins who got the snowball rolling, the
> practical penguin movement never would have picked
> up its mass and momentum.
> 
>         o What were the special challenges GNU/Linux
>         faced in meeting the special challenges
>         for  creating the movie THE HULK
>         (release June 2003)?
> 
> o Can you trust 'Trusted Computing'? Learn how it
> works with free software that lets you store your
> own keys securely...
> 
>       o What's new in Kernel development
>       o Inventory: qballsinventory.sourceforge.net
> 
> o Implementing encrypted home directories...
> 
>         o Eleven SSH tricks
> 
> o VTun - link your home and office securely with
> a virtual private network.
> 
>         o Red Hat 9: Reviewed by Marco Fioretti
>         "It took everyone by surprise, including this
>         reviewer, who was expecting an 8.1 release. As
>         a matter of fact, starting with this release,
>         the offering from Red Hat has changed, clearly
>         splitting into two lines with different purposes
>         and targets...
> 
> o TotalView gives you what you need to debug even
> the most complex threaded programs. Try TotalView
> free (of cost) at www.etnus.com
> -- 
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